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String Theory and Cosmology (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Accelerating Expansion and Cosmological Evolution in String Theory

June 15 - 16, 2019
Chairs and
Rey Don Jaime Grand Hotel
Avinguda de l'Hotel
Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
 Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on String Theory and Cosmology is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is the realization of cosmological spacetimes within string theory, describing both the early universe's inflationary phase, its matter content and late-time dark energy domination. A primary goal will be to understand constructions of and obstructions to de Sitter vacua in string theory.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "String Theory and Cosmology" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Swampland Conjectures
Discussion Leader:
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
"The Weak Gravity Conjecture in de Sitter Space"
3:30 pm - 3:35 pm
Discussion
3:35 pm - 3:50 pm
"Holography and Supersymmetry in de Sitter Space"
3:50 pm - 3:55 pm
Discussion
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
General Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
De Sitter Space: Landscape or Swampland
Discussion Leader:
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
"Dark Energy Observations and Fundamental Physics: Current Status and Future Prospects"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Open Problems on Classical De Sitter Solutions"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"De Sitter Vacua and the Swampland"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Towards a 10D Description of KKLT"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
New Developments in Inflationary Cosmology
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Multi-Field Effects in α-Attractors and Beyond: Novel Inflationary Trajectories and Field-Space Curvature"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Shift-Symmetric Orbital Inflation"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Probing the Early Universe on Small Scales"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
"The Axidental Universe"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Dark Universe
Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
"Unified Superfluid Dark Sector"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
"Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

Contributors

Gordon Research Conferences
Institut Lagrange de Paris
Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics

Conference Links

Conference History String Theory and Cosmology
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